TICKETS (prices go up March 1st!) | More info here
Check out XRAY's past Treefort coverage on our YouTube and blog!
see night is a San Francisco 4-piece—fronted by Linda Sao with drummer Cory Aboud, guitarist Pat Andrews, and bassist AJ Marquez—bringing a dynamic show that alternates between hard-driving and dreamy. Cathartic songs delivered with haunting vocals, swelling drums, and atmospheric guitars straddle somewhere between ‘90s indie rock and woozy shoegaze.
After sn's two self-released EPs, stateside band tours, and EU/UK solo tours, the band’s first vinyl was put out by Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich—the “Eloquence” 7-inch on his Brokers Tip Records. 2022 saw the band touring (again) with Vancouver's The Pack a.d. and planning the release of a Nashville-recorded album of pandemic bedroom songs. see night has opened for Bonnie Prince Billy, Widowspeak, The Pack A.D., The Builders and The Butchers, John Vanderslice, Jenn Champion, Sunwatchers, Upset, David Dondero, Rogue Wave, Lady Lamb, and more.
Some kind words from kind people we admire:
"The music is glorious." —Bob Nastanovich (Pavement, Silver Jews)
“I was mesmerized the entire time”—Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), after Boise Neurolux show
"A stunner, dreamy, strummy, and psychedelic, moody and melancholic...equal parts Pixies/Breeders pop smarts and shoegaze-y Mazzy Star haze...slow building to something much more epic, maybe like a girl pop Godspeed...with a lush sonic palette and a propensity for epicry" —Aquarius Records (Andee Connors/A Minor Forest)
"Head-on, severe, and cool folk rock with an indie stylee" —Record Grouch (Jim McHugh, Sunwatchers)
All Ages | TICKETS $8-10 | Learn more here.
Mississippi Records Music & Film Series 20 Year Anniversary Celebration Presents:
Off The Charts – A Documentary & Song Contest with Live Bands
On Thursday, February 23rd, Mississippi Records will be showing an excellent and touching documentary about the song poem industry called "Off The Charts." Trust us, it's a stunner. After the movie, five bands will interpret song poems written by YOU.
Bands playing are -
- Roman Norfleet And Be Present Art Group
- Lavender Flu featuring Lilly
- LOX
- The Grand Style Orchestra
- Cruise Control.
- Each performing one song poem. A celebrity panel of judges will pick a winner.
This is Mississippi Records' second Song Poem contest. The winner last time had just been out of prison for a week when he spied our ad for the competition at an unemployment office. While he had never done any creative writing, he decided to give it a go because he could use the prize money. After he won, he proclaimed, "I now know who I am. I am a poet." Hearing these words was perhaps the most moving moment of my life.
See you on February 23rd!
Remembering to Remember: Experiments in Sound
CURATED BY ROYA AMIRSOLEYMANI AND FELISHA LEDESMA
- Exhibition Dates: February 17 - March 19, 2023
- Opening Reception: Friday, February 17, 2023, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- Gallery Hours: Friday, 12:00–6:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday: 12:00–4:00 pm
- — Modified Hours: March 3 & 4: 5:00–8:00 pm / March 5: 4:00–6:00 pm
- Live Performances: March 3, 4, & 5
- Workshops: February 18, March 6, and other various dates and times.
*Masks are required while indoors at PICA.
During your waking or sleeping life, bring yourself to attention with the thought “remembering and remembering to remember.” You might find yourself listening backward in time to a sound that you didn’t know that you heard! — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice (2005)
Curated by Roya Amirsoleymani and Felisha Ledesma, Remembering to Remember: Experiments in Sound is a multifaceted program of 15+ international, national, and local artists spanning six live performances; five newly commissioned multichannel compositions; four film/video works at the intersection of sound and moving image; and one month of artist residencies, community workshops, and public engagements.
The container for this breadth of programming is an exhibition that will be on view at PICA from February 17 to March 19, 2023, with an opening reception on Friday, February 17, 2023, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Artists include Adee Roberson, Alison O’Daniel, bone lattice, Crystal Quartez, Hiro Kone, Kite & Robbie Wing, Lucy Liyou, Nivhek, Nyokabi Kariũki, Reese Bowes, Saint Abdullah, Sholeh Asgary, Synth Library Portland, Takashi Makino, and Tomoko Sauvage.
Remembering to Remember is a collection and collision of impressions and inquiries. It recognizes the rich histories and vibrant communities of sound art in Portland while offering a dynamic experience of new and recent work in experimental sound across forms by artists from around the world.
WORKSHOPS
Saturday, February 18, 2023 / 5:00-7:00 pm: Listening to Nonhumans (Heard and Unheard) / Kite & Robbie Wing
Monday, March 6, 2023 / 6:00-7:00 pm: MAJLES / Sholeh Asgary
February & March / Various Dates and Times: Synth Library Portland Workshops and Drop-In Hours
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Friday, March 3, 2023 / 8:00 pm: Lucy Liyou (San Francisco, CA), Nivhek (Astoria, OR)
Saturday, March 4, 2023 / 8:00 pm: Crystal Quartez (Portland, OR), Hiro Kone (New York, NY)
Sunday, March 5, 2023 / 6:00 pm: Nyokabi Kariũki (Maryland/New York/Nairobi), Sholeh Asgary (Oakland, CA)
ACCESS NOTES
The exhibition and performances in Remembering to Remember: Experiments in Sound contain sounds at a range of volumes and frequencies, some of which might be challenging, uncomfortable, or unfamiliar to some visitors and attendees. The sounds in the multichannel installation and live performances are experienced throughout the room, while the film and video works use individual headphones. Free earplugs will be available at the entrance to the gallery and for live performances. You may exit and re-enter at any time at no cost.
To request or inquire about access needs for the exhibition, performances, and/or workshops in Remembering to Remember, please email madison@pica.org. For ASL interpretation, audio description, and/or other forms of access that require advance scheduling, please submit a request at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date you require accommodation so that we can do our best to meet your needs.
Masks are currently required in the gallery and for all live performances at PICA.
NOTES ABOUT THE WHO CARES CLOCK
Conceived of and edited by PICA’s Artistic Director & Curator of Visual Art, Kristan Kennedy, The Who Cares Clock is a time-based print project released at random, for free, and only through the mail. For Remembering to Remember, Kennedy will release a special, limited edition postcard of sound work by artist and curator Felisha Ledesma, which will be playable by turntable. Stay tuned for an announcement of this project’s near-future release and instructions for how to request a copy.
PICA is sincerely grateful to Paul Stewart, Eric Daubney, and the whole team at Genelec for their generous loan of high-quality speakers, subwoofers, and related equipment for display of the multichannel sound commissions in this exhibition.
FREE | All ages until 9pm | ADA accessible
In the cold winter months of 2014, XRAY.fm's DJs took to the airwaves for the first time. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we're gathering with our friends at Hey Love on February 9th to celebrate 9 years of community, creativity, and the love of music.
Featuring live sets by XRAY's Thursday night DJs:
DJ hell books - Record Lections
DJ Morning Remorse - Meaningful Connections
+ special guest DJ Doctor Robot - XRAY Board President Dr. H.E. Hinson & intermittent co-host of Circa Rad !
We'd love to cut a rug with you! All are welcome.
And for those who can't make it in person, we're live broadcasting from the party so you can still dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio. Tune in!
FREE EVENT | All ages until 9pm | 832 N. Beech St | ADA Accessible | Indoor/outdoor on covered heated patio
Stormbreaker Brewing is celebrating its 9th anniversary, and all are welcome to join the party!
Featuring Meet the Brewer tastings of two special release anniversary beers – a four year Barrel Aged Belgian Golden Strong Ale and Cloud 9, a special IPA hopped in 9 different ways – as well as tastings of a collaboration whisky, Barnstormer, distilled by Stone Barn Brandy Works from 2-5pm.
From 3-5pm, a balloon artist for the kiddos and the young at heart.
And from 5-8pm, don't miss live sets from XRAY DJs DNA (Beautiful Music), Jason Urick (Galaxy My Dear), and DJ Womb Service (Much Finer)!
A History of North Portland Music with Calvin Walker & Bobby Smith
Beaverton City Library, Beaverton
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. | Free and open to the public
Portland musicians and Albina Music Trust founders, Calvin Walker (XRAY FM Board Member) and Bobby Smith (former host of Night School on XRAY) will discuss the vibrant Black music culture of North Portland from the 1960s through the 1980s and the political and cultural changes that immobilized it. This event is part of Beaverton City Library’s One Book, One Beaverton community-wide read program.
FREE EVENT | Info
Klyph Notes Live is starting the new year featuring Oregon Music Hall
of Fame inductee Cool Nutz.
A man who has represented Portland Hip Hop all over the world has a
lot happening and we'll cover it all (or as much as we can) including
his hall of fame induction, his new album with Maniac Loc, being on
the road tour managing for Creed Bratton...
We're also excited to be in a new location at Portland Center Stage, a
great venue in the northwest portion of the city. The live podcast
recording will now be an ALL AGES event and we'll have a number of
vendors in the building including our sponsor Akepele Apperal.
DJ O.G.ONE will be providing the soundtrack for the event that will
feature the interview, an audience Q&A and a special performance by my
guest, Cool Nutz.
This event is FREE, so lock the date in and be a part of this love
podcast recording event.
FREE EVENT
Portland based DJ Ambush and DJ Klyph bring an evening celebrating Golden Era and inspired hip hop to the White Eagle. Come through for this FREE event and hear classic cuts and remixes while grabbing a hot plate and cold beverage. You can dance if you want, but this night is about the head nod. "It's not a party, it's a vibe".
2 DJs | 4 Decks | Straight Boom Bap
Facebook Event Page: https://fb.me/e/3iZjKp0pH?mibextid=RQdjqZ
World Arts Foundation Inc.’s annual tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 16, 2023 | 1pm - 4pm | All ages | Free with suggested donation (Details below)
Highland Christian Center | 7600 NE Glisan St. Portland, OR 97213 | Masks required
Since
1976, this family-friendly event has celebrated Oregon’s African-American community. The program honors
pioneering activists, community leaders, artists, musicians, and youth whose efforts have left lasting impacts in
Oregon’s African-American community.
Here’s a link to a historical film documenting the program’s legacy.
This year’s program will feature performances and speakers including DaNell Daymon & Greater Works, Senator Margaret Carter, Arietta Ward, and Alonzo Chadwick. Lifetime achievement awards will be presented to Dr. Shon Neyland, Lakayana Drury, Candace Avalos, David Ferguson, and Dr. Steven Holt.
Additionally, the event’s Victory Village marketplace houses vendors, regional agencies, and artists.
Admission is free with a suggested donation of five dollars or five cans of non-perishable food items. This event is family-friendly.
Masking is required for entry.
XRAY is honored to join the other vendors, orgs, and artists at this year's event. We invite you to join us!
Doors 6 PM | Show 7 PM
TICKETS | All Ages Welcome
"A Radio Christmas Carol" is our re-imagined radio adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. First published in December 1834 and never out of print since, the novel is no doubt familiar. Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser cold of heart and spirit, is tranformed by Ghosts of Christmas into a kind, generous, and compassionate man. He gives Bob Cratchit a raise and becomes a second father to Tiny Tim. The point: humanity outweighs riches, and brings redemption.
Re-Imagined Radio first offered "A Radio Christmas Carol" in 2013. Every year since we've offered some iteration of this classic story. We like to think it has become a community tradition, bringing joy and festivities to the seasonal holidays. In 2020, pandemic restrictions prevented live performances. This year we are pleased to welcome back The Willamette Radio Workshop, directed by Sam A. Mowry, and The Holly Jolly Choir, directed by Bennett Bailey, for a live performance in Vancouver's historic Kiggins Theatre. Yes, the holiday magic returns.
Tickets | $10 Pre-sale, $12 Door
6PM - Late
FREE | 21+
From Event Planner, DJ Alice Wonder of Down the Rabbit Hole: Bring your stack of 7" records and join us from 6-8pm for a dj round robin!! All are welcome to take a turn at the decks. Then XRAY DJs take over from 8-laaaaaate spinning their finest!!! It's going to be an awesome, wild night full of the best music in all of Portland at our favorite place- The Florida Room! Come get weird with us!!
Including sets from:
- Mating Calls w/ Martha Two Shakes & The Jerk
- The IMPACT! Sound w/ The Grand Yoni
- Big City Radio Show w/ Shawn Swagerty
- Savage Beat w/ DJ Honest John
- Meaningful Connections w/ Morning Remorse
- Six Beats Under w/ DJ Wednesday
- Beautiful Music w/ DNA
- HEAD EAST w/ Commodore Theodore
- Down the Rabbit Hole w/ DJ Alice Wonder & DJ Red Lincoln
Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm
All Ages | Free Admission | Donations Encouraged Benefitting XRAY.FM, Friends of Noise, My Voice Music, & Youth Music Project.
A Collective Fundraiser for Nonprofits Empowering Young People Through Music
Four incredible nonprofits are banding together to host the ultimate youth open mic night with special guest performer Amenta 'Yawa' Abioto!
Join us as we raise awareness and support for Youth Music Project, Friends of Noise, My Voice Music, and XRAY FM through Willamette Week's Give!Guide campaign!
Sign-up at the doors at 6:00 p.m—spaces are limited due to the nature of this special event! Performances begin 6:30 p.m.
Note: This event may be live broadcast and/or recorded. Parent/guardian permission will be required for performers under the age of 18.
All are welcome to check out our on-air studios–where the radio magic happens–alongside the latest works by dozens of Portland's dazzling dedicated sculptors, painters, musicians, photographers -- you get the picture. And we'd love to see you in the picture too! Get in here!
If you're up for it, hop on the mic** and record a wish to send into the new year on the airwaves.
Straight Boom Bap. 90's Hip-Hop and Golden Era inspired.
DJ Ambush
In a time when DJ's come a dime a dozen, DJ Klyph was faced with the obstacle of separating myself from the pack. And through years of trial and error, he has come to find that the best way to do that is consistency. Stick to the script and give the people what they want. Consistency doesn't mean playing the same records each week. But it does mean giving a quality performance every time you pick up the headphones.
DJ Klyph
Always pushing the foundation, the definition of hip-hop. Peace. Love. Unity and Having Fun.
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's (PICA) twentieth annual Time-Based Art Festival
TBA:22 illuminates what is new and extraordinary. It wrestles with the unanswered and unanswerable. It pushes against this edge of what it means to make—and who can participate in—contemporary art. In addition to performances, exhibitions, dance parties, our new NIGHT SCHOOL program, and our Fall 2022 Creative Exchange Lab, we invite you to come hang out, sip, ponder, and reconnect between and after programs at our on-site Festival bar. TBA:22 will feature international, national, and regional artists, World and West Coast Premieres, local partners, and accessible sites and spaces across the city.
This September, we invite you to come together—in the twenty-year spirit of TBA—to experience a festival like no other.
For a deeper dive into each program, please visit pica.org/tba.
Price
- Patron Pass (All Access + VIP) - $500
- Buy One, Give One - $300
- Full Pass - $150
- One-Weekend Pass - $75
- Individual tickets are also available for each individual program on a sliding scale.
Artists
- Adrienne Truscott
- Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi
- Arab.AMP (Sir Richard Bishop, Lime Rickey International, and Descending Pharaohs)
- Black Feast (Akela Jaffi, Intisar Abioto, and Salimatu Amabebe)*
- Chloe Alexandra Thompson & DB Amorin
- Emily Jones**
- First Nations Performing Arts (Dakota Camacho, Kunu Bearchum, Allison Akootchook Warden, Autumn Chacon and Jess Abeita, Kevin Holden, morher feat. Chloe Alexandra Thompson, and Ed Bourgeois)
- garima thakur
- jaamil olawale kosoko
- Joseph Keckler with guest artist Holland Andrews
- Hannah Krafcik**
- Harun Morrison**
- Kite
- Lapaushi
- Nana Adusei-Poku
- Pallavi Sen**
- Pepper Pepper
- Princess Bouton**
- Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ (Elisa Harkins, Zoë Poluch, and Hanako Hoshimi-Caines)
- San Cha
- Satpreet Kahlon**
- Sasha Wortzel*
- Shannon Funchess/LIGHT ASYLUM
- Sylvan Oswald
- Takahiro Yamamoto
- UwU & Friends (ADAB (T4T LUV NRG), Ryan Bunao, Bianca AE Mack, Haevyn, Cay Horiuchi, Adam Lucero, Jack Malstrom, Jen Tam, Samantha Pollock, Ava Douglas, Baby Timm, Coco Madrid, Laura Anne Whitley, Nikki Nicole, Nzinga Valentine, and more!)
- Zach Blas*
*These artists are presented with our partners Black Feast; Cooley Gallery, Reed College; Hollywood Theatre, and Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University.
** These artists are part of our Fall 2022 Creative Exchange Lab.
21+ | Doors 4:30pm | TICKETS $25-$120 | COVID-19 Policies | Spotify playlist
Lose Yr Mind Fest is pleased to announce the full line up for the 8th annual independent music festival celebrating some of the best artists in rock, psychedelic, post-punk and garage.
This year’s primarily local lineup of 23 bands and two music showcases will take place September 2-3, 2022 across four venues in Portland’s Central Eastside neighborhood, with a free and open to the public wrap party on September 4.
Along with a majority of female fronted bands, this year’s festival will emphasize BIPOC and LGBTQ+ representation, making it the most diverse Lose Yr Mind Fest to-date.
Fueled by the nostalgia of the 90’s, this year’s lineup dives into the past to create a new blend of fresh and eclectic post-punk sounds. Highlights at Lose Yr Mind Fest include various Portland-based hometown stars such as ‘sad rock’ Soft Kill, psychedelic-pop band The Dandy Warhols, and indie-folk MAITA, whose sophomore record I Just Want to Be Wild for You dropped in February. While the mix of artists at Lose Yr Mind Fest includes local favorites, Psychic Bloom’s soulful garage rock from Tehran and Orquestra Pacifico Tropical’s Colombian cumbia rhythms show that the festival sounds go beyond borders and genres.
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Friday, September 2
Bunk Bar: Monsterwatch, The Macks, Shadowgraphs, Psychic Bloom
Vitalidad: The Dandy Warhols, Elephant Stone, Roselit Bone, Art d'Ecco, Orquestra Pacifico
Tropical, Abronia
Lollipop Shoppe (FKA Dig a Pony): The Thesis or Mama Bird Recording Co.
The Get Down: Soft Kill, TBD
Saturday, September 3
Bunk Bar: MAITA, Black Ends, Shaylee, TBD
Vitalidad: Jerry Paper, Holy Wave, Vinyl Williams, Tonstartssbandht, TBD, !mindparade
Lollipop Shoppe (FKA Dig a Pony): The Thesis or Mama Bird Recording Co.
The Get Down: Bush Tetras, Slang, Yuvees, Launderette